Cedar Hills Community Church - Cedar Rapids, Iowa

June 27 - SONGS OF DELIVERANCE - Psalm 129 – Steve PooleTHEME: Sharing Stories of God’s DeliveranceOUTLINE1. God faithfully and repeatedly delivers His people (vs. 1-4) There is POWER in telling and retelling stories of God’s faithful and repeated deliverance throughout our lives and history. o Deuteronomy 4:9-14o Deuteronomy 6:7, 20-25o Deuteronomy 11:19, 2-5Yearly festivals to remember God’s faithful deliveranceo Exodus 12:24-27 2. God limits the success of the enemies of His people (vs. 5-8)Last year a Christian was killed for their faith every 110 secondsHebrews 11:32-38The ultimate end of the wicked is feeling empty--all their hard work comes to naught. Spurgeon puts it this way: “Thus do the wicked come to nothing. By God's just appointment they prove a disappointment. Their fire ends in smoke; their verdure turns to vanity; their flourishing is but a form of withering. No one profits by them, least of all are they profitable to themselves. Their aim is bad, their work is worse, their end is wo